Kenya vs Sierra Leone: Corn yields

Kenya
1.67 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1.7 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Kenya rank
132nd
Sierra Leone rank
129th

Corn yields over time

  • Kenya
  • Sierra Leone
0123196119922024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1.7 tonnes per hectare against 1.67 tonnes per hectare in Kenya, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 132nd and Sierra Leone ranks 129th of 170 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 1.2 tonnes per hectare 0.7272 tonnes per hectare 0.47 tonnes per hectare Kenya
1970s 1.38 tonnes per hectare 1 tonnes per hectare 0.3747 tonnes per hectare Kenya
1980s 1.73 tonnes per hectare 1.01 tonnes per hectare 0.7143 tonnes per hectare Kenya
1990s 1.68 tonnes per hectare 0.9792 tonnes per hectare 0.6971 tonnes per hectare Kenya
2000s 1.61 tonnes per hectare 0.9113 tonnes per hectare 0.6952 tonnes per hectare Kenya
2010s 1.65 tonnes per hectare 1.64 tonnes per hectare 0.0106 tonnes per hectare Kenya
2020s 1.64 tonnes per hectare 1.9 tonnes per hectare 0.2632 tonnes per hectare Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher corn yields, Kenya or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 1.7 tonnes per hectare against 1.67 tonnes per hectare in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in corn yields between Kenya and Sierra Leone?
0.03 tonnes per hectare, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sierra Leone?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Sierra Leone rank globally for corn yields?
Kenya ranks 132nd and Sierra Leone ranks 129th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Corn yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Corn yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
171 places, 9,544 data points, 1866–2025
Last refreshed

Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.